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wont stop but will go burst like property market
It is because it is cheap and good.

The consumers are the ones who will be lugi.
The politicians sure will lose their votes.
You need to compete not blocking.
Blocking is only effective for short term but not long term.

Nobody can stop technology progress.
Sure they will increase tariff again if the present one did not work.  Wait & see.  To the US Gov means more revenue if the US pple buys. The US Gov just doing their jobs to protect local industries. Vote the present Gov out, the next one might make it even worse.
(23-06-2024, 06:24 PM)revealer Wrote: [ -> ]Sure they will increase tariff again if the present one did not work.  Wait & see.  To the US Gov means more revenue if the US pple buys.  The US Gov just doing their jobs to protect local industries. Vote the present Gov out,  the next one might make it even worse.

Thanks for confirming US today is actively commiting suicide because their industry need "protection" while taxing Americans more for buying effordable clean-energy vehicles from China. Big Grin
(23-06-2024, 06:16 PM)grotesqueness Wrote: [ -> ]wont stop but will go burst like property market

You are confusing real-estate bubble with manufacturing capacity.

The former gets you into debt while the other brings trade surplus. Big Grin
(24-06-2024, 12:06 PM)Manthink Wrote: [ -> ]You are confusing real-estate bubble with manufacturing capacity.

The former gets you into debt while the other brings trade surplus. Big Grin

it is all marketing
all will burst
(24-06-2024, 12:27 PM)grotesqueness Wrote: [ -> ]it is all marketing all will burst

All best marketing practices will "burst" when customers realise the coy has been cheating on them... Big Grin

https://apnews.com/article/toyota-cheati...8d69a0c86e

https://www.newsweek.com/2015/12/25/why-...04891.html